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Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Linux Laptop?

Posted by EditorDavid on from the longing-for-Linux-laptops dept.

Long-Time Slashdot reader sconeu is finally replacing his 10-year-old Toshiba Satellite laptop, and needs suggestions on the best current laptops for running Linux. I'm looking to run some flavor of Linux (probably KDE-based UI, but not mandatory) while using a virtual machine to run Windows 7 (for stuff needed for work). For me personally, battery life and weight are more important than raw power. I'm not going to be running games on this. I've been considering an XPS 13 Developer Edition, or something from System76, ZaReason or Emperor Linux. What laptop do you use? Do you have any suggestions?
It's your chance to share useful information, recommendations, and your own experiences with various brands of laptop. So leave your best answers in the comments. What's the best Linux laptop?

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  1. Asus UX305CA by Lisandro · · Score: 5, Informative

    Beautiful design, screen and battery life, plus it runs the latest Linux kernels without any issues whatsoever. I love mine.

  2. Re:I use Trump distro by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Remove systemd: make linux great again.

  3. Re: My Dell XPS that came with Linux installed... by ClickOnThis · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm typing this right now on a Dell laptop with Ubuntu 14.04 installed. I have never encountered a problem connecting to WiFi that was due to the software.

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  4. Throwing in my vote for a Thinkpad by execthis · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just throwing in my vote for a Thinkpad. I personally won't even consider a laptop that doesn't have a Trackpoint. NVidia drivers should pretty much work no problem with Linux however there can be issues with certain apps running under Wine with NVidia drivers to to be completely safe you might want to stick with an Intel graphics chipset.

    Stuff I run on Wine: Kindle for PC, Adobe Acrobat XI, and Adobe Photoshop that latter of which has an issue with NVidia.

    As for models it seems like all the most recent ones are getting pretty light with amazing battery life, but if you want ultra-light and great battery then get the X1 Carbon. Personally I would love to get one of the new P series.

  5. Re: My Dell XPS that came with Linux installed... by thegarbz · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have never encountered a problem connecting to WiFi that was due to the software.

    Hug wood. Do it now. Don't just touch it, or tap it, or knock it, make damn love to it.

    You have never had a problem connecting WiFi under Linux on a Dell laptop? It's here. Our moment. THE SAVIOUR IS COMING! I got to run to church and pr